Wrench



(No Model.)

J. WILGOX.

. WRENGH.

Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

INVENZ'OR f fiag ga y if .onzeyl llNiTE STATES PATENT Fries,

JACOB WILCOX, OF PLAIN CITY, OHIO.

WRENCH.

EPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,607, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial No. 191,182.

To aZZ whomizf may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB \VILooX, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plain City, in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in renches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing a section of wire-and-picket fence being constructed by the use of my improved tool for twisting wires. Fig. 2 is a similar view of aportion of two pickets and their connecting-wires, showing the toolin position twisting the wires; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the tool.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to tools for twist ing wires in manufacturing wire-and-picket fences; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a tool, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the ilat body of the tool or wrench, *hich body is formed with pointed ends B B and with a notch, C, in one edge. The other edge of the body or bar of the wrench is formed with a shoulder, D, having a notch, E, in its inner end, and a jaw, F, having an inwardlybent beak, G, at its inner end, is pivoted with two inwardlyproj ecting perforated lips, H H, upon abolt, I, inserted through the shoulder a short distance from the face of the same. The outer edge of the inwardly-bent beak of the jaw is curved, as shown at J, and a spring, K, is secured at one end in a notch, L, in the edge of the bar, and bears with its free end against the inner edge of the handle M of the jaw, forcing the beak to bear against the notched shoulder, covering the notch in the same. An inwardlypointing hooked projection, N, is formed above the shoulder, having an inclined outer edge, 0, which extends to near the end of the bar. In using ends of the wire strands to a post, P, from which this wrench, I prefer to secure the.

(No model.)

I start building the fence, planting posts Q at suitable distances from each other in the line of the fence, and securing the pairs of wires R to the posts by staples S, loosely driven into the posts at their proper distances. The wires pass through apertures Tin an upright guidepost, U, which is preferably placed upon a suitablebase, and the wire strands pass through a space formed between two rollers, V'V, in an upright frame, V, preferably secured to the same base, and the coils of wire from which the strands are drawn may be supported in any suitable manner. I now place the pickets between the pairs of wires and twist the portions between each pair of pickets, placing the pickets at the desired distances from each other, one wire of a pair being placed in the notch of the shoulder of the tool and the jaw closed over it, when the tool is twisted around the wirein the notch, carrying the other wire, resting against the beak of the jaw, and the wire in the notch around each other and twisting the wires.

The notch in the edge of the bar of the tool is used for tightening the twisted portions of the wires, the wires being held between the sides of the notch and the tool being turned around the twisted portion of the wires.

The pointed ends of the bar of the tool may be used for the purpose of drawing staples and loosening them, if they bind too hard against the wires during the making of the fence, the

staples being driven home when the fence is completed, and the hook projecting from the edge of the bar of the tool may serve to hold and carry the wire strands, as well as to afford a convenient hold upon the tool in twisting it around the wire strands.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. Atool fortwisting fence-wires, consisting of a flat bar having a shoulder at one edge formed with a notch and a jaw having an inwardly curved beak projecting over the notched shoulder and having two lips pivoted uponthe shoulder, and a spring bearing against the handle of the jaw, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2; In a tool for twisting fence-wires, the com bination of a flat bar having pointed ends and having a notch in one edgenear one end and I 'In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 my oWnI have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB WILGOX.

a curved hook and a notched shoulder in the other edge, with a jaw having aninwardlybent beak covering the notched shoulder and having a curved outer edge, and provided with two inwardly-projecting lips pivoted upon the sides of the shoulder, and. a flat spring secured to the edge of the bar and hearing against the handle of the j aw, us and for the purpose shown and set forth. I

\Vitnesses:

WM. LEASURE, J. H. ZIMMERMAN. 

